Several Dead After Ship Crashes Into Dock In Italy : The Two-WayThe cargo ship plowed into a dock at the port of Genoa, knocking over the port's control tower. The ship's captain is under investigation.

Several Dead After Ship Crashes Into Dock In Italy

Rescuers search what is left of the control tower of the port of Genoa, northern Italy, on Tuesday.
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Rescuers search what is left of the control tower of the port of Genoa, northern Italy, on Tuesday.

Francesco Pecoraro/Associated Press

A cargo ship slammed into a dock in Genoa, Italy, on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and toppling the control tower at one of the country's busiest ports.

The Associated Press reports that divers had found seven bodies in the wreckage. Four others have been hospitalized and two were still unaccounted for, Luca Cari, a spokesman for the fire rescue teams at the scene, told The Associated Press.

The AP says the crash occurred around 11 p.m. Tuesday during a shift change in the control tower, as the cargo ship, the "Jolly Nero," was leaving port accompanied by tugboats.

Prosecutors said the captain of the vessel was being investigated for possible manslaughter.